Len McCluskey wins Unite the Union election

Posted by Mike Joslin, WriteYou on 21 April 2017

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We are told by sources close to Len and Gerard Coyne that Len McCluskey has won re-election as Unite General Secretary.

Sources say the result was as follows:

Len McCluskey around 58,000 votes and 46%

Gerard Coyne around 52,000 votes and 41%

Ian Allison around 17,000 votes and 13%

There were around 127,000 votes from 1,006,000 voters with an overall turnout of 12%.

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After this article as published Unite announced the official results Len 59,067, Gerard 53,544, Ian Allison 17,143

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